River Log
Ecological Restoration
Past and Present Geology of the Sudbury, the Assabet, and the Concord Rivers
July 25, 2024
OARS River Log | By Zoe Green, OARS 2024 Ecological Restoration Volunteer | Published July 25, 2024 From Westborough to Newburyport The Sudbury and Assabet rivers both originate …
Water Chestnut Invasion
June 26, 2024
OARS River Log | By Zoe Green, OARS 2024 Ecological Restoration Volunteer | Published June 6, 2024 What is water chestnut? Water chestnut, also known as European water chestnut …
Salmon in Massachusetts
June 26, 2024
OARS River Log | By Nathan Callan, OARS 2024 Environmental Intern | Published June 6, 2024 A little Massachusetts river is swarmed with salmon. Anglers, though outnumbered by the …
Stop That Chewing!
January 25, 2024
OARS River Log | By Heather Conkerton, Ecological Restoration Coordinator, OARS | Published January 25, 2024 Beavers. A species that humans are simultaneously fascinated and frustrated with. They are …
River Science
Studying Dissolved Oxygen in the Talbot Impoundment
July 11, 2024
OARS River Log | By Ben Wetherill, Water Quality Scientist, OARS | July 25, 2024 It was lucky that we continued our Talbot Mills impoundment dissolved oxygen study for …
Hop Brook Water Quality Study
December 12, 2020
OARS River Log | By Ben Wetherill, OARS Water Quality Scientist | Published December 12, 2020 Why does Hop Brook have some of the highest levels of nutrient pollution in …
Assabet River Nutrient TDML (Total Maximum Daily Load) Study
May 01, 2008
OARS River Log | By Suzanne Flint | Published May, 2008 In July 1999, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the US Army Corps of Engineers funded ENSR, a private …
Outreach Education & Recreation
Keep Warm & Paddle On—Winter Paddling in Massachusetts
February 15, 2023
OARS River Log | By Roger Beatty, OARS Board of Directors | Published February 15, 2023 Not all paddlers think of kayaking as exclusively a warm-weather sport; in fact, …
A Story of Wildlife, Beauty, and Peace on the Water
July 11, 2022
OARS River Log | By Alison Field-Juma with Julia Khorana | Published month 2022 As I pull into the parking area in early summer, I see people down at …
Early Fall on the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord rivers
September 18, 2014
OARS River Log | By Ingeborg Hegemann, OARS Board or Directors President | Published September 18, 2014 It is early autumn, and the river level is low. The water …
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